Hua Shi was ultimately unable to get an answer to the question he asked that day, because Yi Zhan suddenly came over to talk to Hua Shi, interrupting the communication between Hua Shi and Fang Wei.
Later, Fang Wei wanted to ask again, but she couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
Life is still the same as usual, but Hua Shi is now much busier than before, and Xuanling Pavilion has become much more lively due to the arrival of several seniors.
Actually, Hua Shi was not a person who could practice patiently. Practicing day after day often made him feel tired and bored. But after a short break and showing pity to the system and saying a few words, he would continue to practice obediently.
Because he hoped that one day he would be able to use his own strength to help Liu Qishuang, help him get out of trouble and restore his original body.
In fact, Hua Shi did not see much effect from his daily practice, until one day when he made Xuan Shuzhi retreat half a step during a fight. Hua Shi suddenly came back to his senses, his eyes full of disbelief.
Of course, he was still no match for Xuan Shuzhi, but for him, he was always the one who was forced to retreat in previous battles, and he had always been in a passive defensive state during their fights. Being able to force Xuan Shuzhi to retreat like he was now was something he had never dared to imagine before.
"Master!" Hua Shi looked at the sword in his hand, then at Xuan Shuzhi who had taken a half step back. After quickly coming to his senses, he immediately rushed to Xuan Shuzhi's side, looking back and forth at him with concern: "Master, are you okay? It's all because I was too heavy-handed. I didn't expect that I could be so strong. Is your hand okay? Is it injured? Does the wound hurt?"
Xuan Shuzhi pushed Hua Shi away with a mixture of anger and amusement: "Do you think you just displayed some unique martial arts? You just made me retreat half a step. Do you really think that your master lost to you?"
Hua Shi: “…”
He scratched his head, lowered his head and couldn't help laughing twice: "This is the first time I've realized that the results of my practice are not bad. I feel like I'm a peerless master. Master, please let me be happy for a while."
Xuan Shuzhi put the sword back into the scabbard, turned around and raised his eyebrows and said: "You are still a long way from being a peerless master, don't be too happy too soon."
Hua Shi was happy for a short while before the smile on his face immediately fell again.
Xuan Shuzhi quickly added: "But you have done a good job. Compared to others, you have made great progress. It is only a matter of time before you catch up with me in the future."
Hua Shi was probably born optimistic and could be happy no matter what. He immediately became happy again after being praised by Xuan Shuzhi. He also passed these words to Fang Wei who lived in his soul: "System, I almost beat Master in the competition just now, and Master said that I have made great progress!"
Fang Wei couldn't help but laugh: "I heard it all." He could clearly hear it all, but Hua Shi seemed to be pursuing some sense of ritual and insisted on saying it again himself.
And he “almost” won the competition just now, but it was clearly a long way off.
They were talking here, and not long after, they saw Senior Brother Zhou Xun walked in from outside. He first looked at Hua Shi, then bowed his head and said to Xuan Shuzhi: "Master, someone from Lingdao is here."
Xuan Shuzhi had just finished practicing with Hua Shi, and was not surprised to hear this. It seemed that he had expected someone to come here recently. He just asked calmly, "Who is coming?"
Zhou Xun said: "He is the chief disciple of Tianwen Mountain's headmaster."
Yan Lishan, the head of Tianwen Mountain, is much more senior than anyone else in the entire Xuanqing Continent and has lived for thousands of years. Even Ji Yuan, the master of the spiritual way, can only call himself a junior in front of him.
As a man who has lived for more than four thousand years, the disciples under his tutelage are naturally of very high seniority, which is considered an anomaly in the Xuanqing Continent.
Xuan Shuzhi felt a headache when he heard about Tianwen Mountain. He nodded helplessly and let Zhou Xun leave.
He could roughly guess what the other party was here to say, so he was not in a hurry. He just turned around and looked at Hua Shi and said, "Come with me."
Hua Shi was still immersed in the joy of his own great improvement in power. When he heard Xuan Shuzhi's words, he immediately blinked: "Ah?"
Xuan Shuzhi said, "Stop shouting, pack up and follow me to meet the person."
Hua Shi quickly picked up the things, but he was still worried and confused: "Master, that senior brother from Tianwen Mountain..."
"No, Senior Brother." Xuan Shuzhi said with a headache, "Although he is the eldest disciple, he is a thousand years older than me. Even I can only call him Uncle Master. If you call him Senior Brother, isn't that confusing the generations?"
Hua Shi was confused for a moment: "What should I call myself then?"
"Just call me senior."
Hua Shi quickly asked again: "Then why did that senior come here today? Should I say something? But I don't seem to understand the major events of the Xuanqing Continent, what should I do?"
Xuan Shuzhi took out the folding fan he always carried with him, put the handle of the fan against Hua Shi's chest and said, "Just stand there and keep quiet."
Hua Shi's eyes widened: "No need to make any noise? Then what am I going to do?"
Xuan Shuzhi said nothing more and walked out of the courtyard. Hua Shi followed him in confusion.
In fact, Fang Wei, who lived in Hua Shi's soul, knew very well that Xuan Shuzhi actually wanted her to hear their conversation. After all, if nothing unexpected happened, this conversation should be related to those black snakes and the spirit realm.
Fang Wei's estimation was not wrong. Hua Shi followed Xuan Shuzhi to the hall and immediately saw the senior disciple of Tianwen Mountain who was said to be of a very high seniority.
The man was indeed an old man with gray hair and beard. If Hua Shi had not known his identity in advance, he might have thought that the person who came was the head of Tianwen Mountain. After entering the door, the other party nodded slightly to Xuan Shuzhi as a greeting.
"Master Xuan." The senior went straight to the point without wasting any time. "Regarding the matter of the black snake in Yuan Lake, the Spirit Master immediately sent people to investigate after learning about it. Although it took a long time, as the Master said, we have indeed found unusual conditions everywhere in Xuanqing Continent."
Hua Shi had originally remembered Xuan Shuzhi's instructions and listened to them obediently, but when he heard this he couldn't help but speak up, and asked in astonishment: "They're everywhere?"
The senior heard Hua Shi's voice and immediately turned to look at him: "Who is this?"
Xuan Shuzhi held up his forehead helplessly and said, "This is my disciple Hua Shi. Come and meet Senior Cheng."
Hua Shi said "Oh" softly, and quickly called out "senior". Under Xuan Shuzhi's stare, he calmed down and said no more.
Xuan Shuzhi did not go to Guan Huashi again, and then continued his previous words: "I wonder what Senior Cheng meant by what he said before? When we told the Spirit Master about the black snake, we only said that there might be more than one black snake and it might appear anywhere in Xuanqing Continent, but we never said that it would appear everywhere."
"But the fact is exactly like this." Senior Cheng smiled bitterly and continued, "The Spirit Master informed all the major sects of the Spirit Dao about this matter. After we each searched separately, we found that there were fluctuations of the power of the Spirit Realm in many places in Xuanqing Continent, and even traces of the black snake could be found in several places."
Xuan Shuzhi's expression gradually became solemn. He was already confirming with the other party the place where the traces of the black snake had appeared before. Hua Shi was already quietly talking to Fang Wei in his mind: "How come so many of them suddenly appeared? Didn't you say before that the black snake might appear again? How come they appeared so quickly, and so many of them at once?"
However, Fang Wei was not surprised at all to hear this. In fact, when he was distracted in the Abyss of Disaster and fighting the monster, he had already guessed that the current situation in Xuanqing Continent should be more serious than he initially judged.
And now hearing what this person said only confirmed his guess.
Thinking of this, Fang Wei took another look at the head disciple of Tianwen Mountain. If he remembered correctly, this person's name should be Cheng Song. When he used the identity of "Liu Qishuang" as the master of Lingdao, the other party was often sent by the head of Tianwen Mountain to the Lingdao headquarters to help deal with things. Later, he became quite familiar with the other party, but the other party was not as easy to get along with as Ji Yuan.
After so many years, Cheng Song seems to be much older than before, but the expression he has when speaking has not changed much from before.
He knew that the other party would not lie. Since the black snakes had indeed appeared in various places in Xuanqing Continent, then the implementation of their plan might not be far away.
And if the monster and his black snake were really allowed to carry out their plan, the monster would soon be released, and by then no one would be sure of being able to deal with it.
There are only two ways to stop the other party. Either find a way to destroy and stop the black snakes before their plan succeeds, or Hua Shi opens a passage in the abyss and releases him before they rescue the monster.
As long as he leaves before the monster, he will be able to work with others outside to reinforce the Huoyuan formation and eliminate the black snakes, preventing them from coming out again.
If even these two methods cannot change the result, then he will have no choice but to use the third method.
He just hoped he wouldn't have the chance to use that method.
Fang Wei had already considered many subsequent matters while Xuan Shuzhi was talking to Cheng Song. Hua Shi was not aware of his considerations. He muttered to himself for a long time. When he found that Fang Wei had lost his voice, he quickly called out: "System! Are you still there?"
He seemed to think that Fang Wei had disappeared again like before, so he suddenly became anxious.
Fang Wei came back to his senses and said, "I'm here, don't worry."
Hua Shi patted his chest. He was about to ask Fang Wei why he was in a daze just now. However, before he could open his mouth again, he heard Fang Wei say, "Tell them that you want to go too."
Hua Shi was stunned: "Ah?"
He couldn't help but speak out, and then he looked up and listened carefully to the conversation between Xuan Shuzhi and Senior Cheng, and realized that they had already talked about going to the places where black snakes appeared. Hua Shi originally had complete trust in the system, and after knowing that Liu Qishuang was the system, his trust in the system instantly soared a lot. Now, even if Liu Qishuang asked him to do anything, he would not hesitate for a moment.
So after listening to Xuan Shuzhi's conversation with them, Hua Shi immediately said, "Master, I want to go and take a look too."
Xuan Shuzhi turned around after hearing this and frowned, "You want to go too?"
His expression was somewhat complicated when he asked this question, but it didn't seem like he was talking to Hua Shi.
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